Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis The history of the development of welfare services in Australia. The present pattern of the distribution of services. Changes in the attitudes underlying the provision of services - from charity to rights and from residual to developmental. The emergence of the welfare state and the subsequent retreat from it. Social policy and its application across a range of welfare issues, including unemployment, community violence and disability.
Assessment Written reports and essays (4500 words): 100%